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Apparently yours truly has filled all the memory on this blog. I guess I had too many videos;Dhaha. Anyway, I don't get a lot of traffic on this blog. So I really don't feel like paying for additional memory. I have been debating this for a while. But, I just decided to move my stuff to Facebook. I know it's probably just temporary until they figure out a way to charge me too. But, I would love it if you followed me there.

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Take care everyone:)

No projects

Just me rambling..... and a sassy e-card. 

The kids and I have been spending a lot of time outdoors trying to enjoy the last few days of nice weather. Seeker has been talking more which I am delighted about. I think it has a lot to do with the new rabbits we got.  We also have been spending a lot of time at the pool. Seeker is now going down the small pool slide and I am so happy. Tonight they spent over an hour on the slides. My house is a disaster. There are tons of board games scattered through our house. And even when we get the games put away. I find random pieces all over the place.  My husband has confiscated the Operation game. I don't think he has any intention of ever returning it to the children. Seeker just likes to make mistakes so he can hear the annoying noise;D



We haven't been doing any crafts. Unless you count the Build A Bear fiasco. The bear below was the easy one. He is enjoying playing in the stuffing/snow while I stitched away on the other bears.



 The others bears were awful to put together. Between the  excessive amount of crap involved in the craft and my kids relentless screaming  I ended up in tears. I wish I was joking:/ Just a piece of advice if you have more than one kid on the spectrum. You better have the patience of a saint to do Build A Bear on your own:(

Fun at the Park

Climbing up slides

 There are always lots of balance beams.

 This is Seekers favorite way to use swings

 Seeker loves finding things to crush in his hands.

 My kids love taking their shoes and socks off at the park. But, it's getting a bit chilly here. So only the shoes came off yesterday:)

Yarn spider web

I had the kids cut some strands of white yarn. I gave them some paper, and glue. Then I showed them how to make a spider web for their spider rings. 

 Mine actually looked really bad compared to Princess'. It's so nice:)

If you are wondering, I did cut the ring parts off of these spider rings.

Mummy

We used some toilet paper to make ourselves into mummies last night. Princess loved it....

 Seeker is far to ticklish to let someone else wrap him. So he tried to do it himself.

Goofball refused to participate. But, when Princess pulled off her wrap she stuffed it into Goofballs shirt. So he ran around the house looking like a hunchback. It was cute:)

Nature Collage

Today we collected some items from nature in our yard. I gave them a long sheet of paper, some Elmer's glue and let them go to town. 

It's quite lovely if you ask me:)

Pumpkin Bowling

I totally loved this idea I saw on Pinterest. We didn't use real pumpkins. We used some cheap fake ones I bought at a Dollar Tree a few years back. The pumpkins are made out of some kind of Styrofoam. Anyway, the kiddos had a good time.

And we are going to make mummies with the toilet paper rolls later today. How fun!

Racing spider rings

This morning we had a lot of fun racing our spider rings. I cut long pieces of yarn to the equal lengths. Then I tied them together to a low place that could serve as the finish line. I showed the children how to put the yarn through the ring hole. Then I showed them how to lift the spider so gravity could help to pull it down to the finish line. This was a bit tricky because they kept wanting to lift from the beginning of the string. 

So I had to show them how you let the string that the spider has been on already to drop to the ground. And then to keep working with the string as the spider gets closer to the finish line. The kids enjoyed that sometimes the spider would get stopped on small loose strands of yarn. They enjoyed shaking the spider and the string to get it going again. If you want to avoid that step just use croquet thread or regular thread. I just really like working with yarn b/c it is easier for my kids to manipulate. 

 Of course, there is a bit of danger involved in an activity like this. You could end up caught in a web. And your mom might tease you about becoming a spider rings dinner.

Pumpkin Points

I bought a bunch of hula hoops at our local dollar store for 75 cents each earlier this week. Then last night we visited our local pumpkin patch. The kiddos had a great time. And they loved playing this game before the bus arrived this morning. This was the best results from the whole morning. Seeker and I were doing great;D 

BTW- I just drew on the pumpkins with a dry erase marker:)

sorting spider rings by color

Tie Dying With Magic Markers

I just realized we went the whole summer without tie dying a single shirt. What kind of mother am I? Well I had to somehow make up for the oversight. So here is a different technique that we have never used before. The kids loved it. 

You will need:

rubbing alcohol

bowl

droppers

magic markers

cardboard or plastic bags to put inside shirt

shirts

It seemed to work better for us to draw then add the rubbing alcohol. But, do whatever you want. 

We hung these out to dry outside. I am not to sure about how these should be watched. I am not known for my domestic knowledge. So I am washing these bad boys separately until I find out what I should do with them:)

Goofball thought the best way to show off this shirt was to stick his butt out for the camera;)

dealing with bad dreams

We aren't battling night terrors anymore. Which is awesome. But, Princess has been having a lot of bad dreams recently. Last night in her dreams the Electric Company pranksters were trying to kill her. So of course, we went through the typical rationalizing ideaslike, "It's just a show. The pranksters characters and the actors who play them would never try to kill anyone." The "change the dream into something happy." thing etc hasn't worked either. We tried praying as well as a few other things. None of these things have worked. But, I think we might have found a winner. The idea that seems to be most effective is making up silly stories that she will try to dream about. 

Tonight I came up with this dry erase chart which is along her bed. We made a list of  "things" or characters of the story, "places" and "actions" to make up a story. She enjoyed putting different stories together like "The unicorn went to New York and played the bongo." Later she made up a story where a pig stole a Picasso from a museum. She enjoyed helping to decide the places and things. I had to do most of the actions. But, that doesn't really matter. 

It was much more fun to go to bed to these ideas than to her expressing worries over what her nightmares would be tonight.

Dice & Dot Counting

Roll die/dice to determine how many dots to make on the paper. We used paper taped to the wall and some bingo dot makers. It was a good way to review numbers and colors. I actually had an awesome video. Unfortunately Blogger hates me and only uploads my crappy videos:/ 

Colander and Pipe Cleaners

This idea has made several rounds on  Pinterest.

 I am sorry. But, I have no idea who to credit for this activity. If you know leave a comment:) 

Early Morning Safety

My kiddos love to play outside. And I am incredibly grateful for that. At least they can unleash their messy furry outside of the house:) Most of the time playing outside is great. Unless Seeker is eating the paint off of garages, or almost getting ran over. They usually are outside playing in their pajama's before the sun is up. (Conventional locks, fences, and bookcases used as barracades in front of doors will not contain my children.)

 

Here are my precious angels outside this morning.  I think I had one of them dressed for school when I took this picture;D

Anyway now I don't have to worry so much because we are giving them flashlights to play with. I think most people watch out for my kiddos by now. But, you can't be too careful when it comes to your kiddos.

I was thinking I might get more of those sticky lights and use them as head lights on their coupe cars. Wouldn't that be adorable?

Car Wash

We had very light sprinkles today. So my kiddos thought they needed to have a car wash. 

There were actually a few car washes today;D

All of my towels are filthy. But, my kids are happy:)

Pool Noodles and Chalk

This was my husbands idea. And the kiddos loved it. We put chalk in the holes at the ends of the pool noodles. Then we did some drawing. 

 A few times we drew on each other. But, most of the time was spent bending and grabbing at the noodles trying to figure out what worked the best.

 Seeker wrote his full name. And below he wrote "He Try"

My poor little guy struggles so much. This made me happy and sad at the same time. I wish I could make things better for him.

Wiffle Golf Ball Toss

My kiddos loved this. 

Canvas Art Work With Kiddos

A few years ago I helped my kiddos make these. We painted the background beige then let it dry. Later I gave them tools and two colors to work with. They used the tools. And I got them all to put at least one hand print on their canvas. I think these are probably my favorite artwork ever:) 

 I saw this idea on Pinterest. I was low on acrylics at the time. So Princess helped do the base coat of yellow spray paint. Which was a bit scary to her. She hates spray paint.

And this will be the next thing we make on canvas.

Combined Activities: Balloons & Tissue Paper & Glue

Both of these ideas have been around for a while. So I don't know where they came from originally. 

We cut up some tissue paper. Then Goofball got off track and started crumbling up tissue paper. We rarely stay on task;) I wonder where they get that from?:D

 After Goofball got over his initial annoyance with the sound of me rubbing the balloon up against my hair. He was able to capture some of the tissue paper on the balloon. Way to go Goofball!

 Then I let Goofball glue tissue paper onto paper using Elmer's bottled glue. He loved it. And now I have another masterpiece:)